---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Judge Advisement For Traffic Offenses"
description: "House Bill 16-1309 requires a judge to inform a defendant of certain rights at the defendant's first appearance in prosecutions in municipal courts. The bill excludes cases involving traffic infractions or violations for which the penalty is only a fine and for which jail is not a possibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1083"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1083 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Larry Liston"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/855a2826-379d-4f40-ab72-7ca2da70c223"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1083"
source_hash: "ea88dddf7ca17f436c3d84468c5a983e4d83c440138f9e8eda21be6e547e91c1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1083 (2017A) — Municipal Judge Advisement For Traffic Offenses

House Bill 16-1309 requires a judge to inform a defendant of certain rights at the defendant's first appearance in prosecutions in municipal courts. The bill excludes cases involving traffic infractions or violations for which the penalty is only a fine and for which jail is not a possibility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_jud_2017a_20170221t133529z1__hearing_summary/17HouseJud0221AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1083_S_JUD_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (02/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (01/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083jud_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1083_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1083, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Substitute a safety clause for the petition clause in the bill. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1083 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Larry Liston — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/27/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/855a2826-379d-4f40-ab72-7ca2da70c223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).